The Kingdom of Nettlecombe is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by King Coenwulf with a fair hand, and notable for its smutty television, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 13.784 billion Nettlecombeans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bierley. The average income tax rate is 78.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Nettlecombean economy, worth a remarkable 1,580 trillion euros a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 114,672 euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Weather forecasts are accurate but nobody has the bandwidth to view them, the sound of wooden legs echo throughout Nettlecombe after the recent introduction of the Foot Tax, buses are widely regarded as the safest way to travel, and the government is hoping that medical aid will speak louder than human rights abuses. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nettlecombe's national animal is the kangaroo, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is pagan.

Nettlecombe is ranked 262,750^th in the world and 24^th in Vectis for Most Primitive, scoring -200.64 on the Scary Big Number Scale.